Out of Space and Time

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Title Out of Space and Time

Dust-jacket illustration by Hannes Bok for Out of Space and Time
Author Clark Ashton Smith
Cover artist Hannes Bok
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy, Horror, Science fiction short stories
Publisher Arkham House
Released 1942
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages xii, 370 pp
ISBN NA

Out of Space and Time is a collection of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories by author Clark Ashton Smith. It was released in 1942 and was the third book published by Arkham House. 1,054 copies were printed.

The stories for this volume were selected by the author and were considered by him to be his best fantasy and horror stories to date. The collection contains stories from Smith's major story cycles of Averoigne, Hyperborea, Poseidonis, and Zothique.

[edit] Contents

Out of Space and Time contains the following tales:

  1. "Clark Ashton Smith: Master of Fantasy", by August Derleth & Donald Wandrei
  2. "The End of the Story"
  3. "A Rendezvous in Averoigne"
  4. "A Night in Malnéant"
  5. "The City of the Singing Flame"
  6. "The Uncharted Isle"
  7. "The Second Interment"
  8. "The Double Shadow"
  9. "The Chain of Aforgomon"
  10. "The Dark Eidolon"
  11. "The Last Hieroglyph"
  12. "Sadastor"
  13. "The Death of Ilalotha"
  14. "The Return of the Sorcerer"
  15. "The Testament of Athammaus"
  16. "The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan"
  17. "Ubbo-Sathla"
  18. "The Monster of Prophecy"
  19. "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis"
  20. "From the Crypts of Memory"
  21. "The Shadows"

[edit] Reprints

  • Jersey, UK: Neville Spearman, 1971.
  • St. Albans, UK: Panther, 1974 (2 vols.).
  • Lincoln, NE: Bison, 2006.

[edit] References

  • Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 4-5. ISBN 1-55742-005-X. 
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 26. 
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 23. ISBN 0-87054-176-5. 
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 48-49. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.